Brake



Jan. 31, 1928; 1,657,884

A. Y. DQDGE BRAKE SHOE Original Filed April. 17, 1925 F764 4 FIG-5 INVENTOR ADg LY DODGE ATTORNEY Patented .lan. Bl, 19.26. V i .1. an A ADIEL Y. DODGE, OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, ASSIGHOR T BENDIX. BRAKE COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ELLINOIS, A COHFURATION OF ILLINOIS.

BRAKE SHOE.

Originalapplication filed April 1?, 1925, Serial No. 23,763. Divided and this application filed April 6,

1927. Serial No. 161,360.

This invention relates to brake shoes, and and-12 may be formed with openings 24 illustrated as embodied in a shoe for an and 26 for the attachment ofroturn springs, internal expanding automobile brake. An and with an opening 26 for the anchor of object of the invention is to provide a shoe an ad acent (secondary) shoe. built up of stampings, preferably in such One advantage of the above-described a manner as to form a channel-section shoe. construction is that, in forming the sections In one desirable arrangement there are of the shoe by stamping or drawing from two sections h-shaped in cross-section arsheet steel, the flat webs l0 and 12 may botranged to face toward each other. Prefe1"- tom in the dies, and being flat have no tend- 10 ably the outer flanges of these sections are enoy to spring back when released, while superposed, and advantage may be taken of flanges 14 and 16 may be drawn along th this arrangement to secure the lining of the side of the die, giving great accuracy.

shoe with the rivets or other fastenings rlrt lts upper end, the shoe is provided which fasten the sections together. With a novel bracket 30, carrying a hard 15 Other features of the invention relate to ened cam-engaging thrust plate 32. This a novel bracket arranged at the end of the bracket is formed of two sections or stampshoe and carrying a camengaging thrust mgs pressed from sheet metal, in the same plate. general manner as the body of the shoe.

The above and other objects and features The sections of the bracket include super- 20 of the invention, including various novel posedcylindrical or circumferential flanges combinations of parts and desirable particu- 3d and 36, and side flanges 38 and 10 which 7 lar constructions, will be apparent from the are shown with elongated openings 12 for following description of one illustrative ema post forming part of the brake-applying bodiment shown in the accompanying drawmeans.

25 m i hi h; The wear plate 32 is secured, by rivets 1 i Figure 1 is a side elevation of the novel or the like, to four superposed flanges 4:6,

shoe; d8, 50, and 52, which are folded inwardly Figure 2 is a section through the shoe on respectively from flanges 34, 36, 88, and 40.

the line 22 of Figure 1; lvhlle one illustrative embodiment has 30 Figure 3 is a section through the end of been described in detail, it is not my intenthe shoe, on the line 3-3 of Figure 1; tion to limit the scope of the invention to Figure 4: is a bottom plan view of the that particular embodiment, or otherwise bracket for the thrust plate, looking in the than by the terms of the appended claims. direction of the arrows H in Figure 1; This application is a division of my prior Figure 5 is a section through the bracket application No. 23,763, filed April 1'2", 1925.

on the line 55 of Figure i; and I claim: 1

Figure 6 is a section through the bracket o 1. A. channelshaped brake shoe comprisn th lin 6-6 f Figure 5, lng two parts, each with a radial portion The shoe selected for illustration is built and a circumferential flange, the two cirup from two sections or stampings, pressed cumferential flanges being superposed and from sheet steel, and including straight rathe two radial portions forming the sides of dial reinforcing portions or webs 10 and 12 the channel. at opposite sides of the shoe, and superposed 2. A channel-shaped brake shoe comprisgenerally-cylindrical circumferential flanges ing two parts, each with a radial portion 4a 14 and 16 secured together by rivets or other and a circumferential flange, the two cir fastenings 18, which fastenings may also cumferential flanges being superposed and 1 serve to attach brake lining 20. the two radial portions forming the sides of Flanges 14 and 16 may extend a substan the channel, brake lining covering the cirtial distance beyond the end of the lining cumferential flanges, and rivets passing to 20, to reinforce and stiffen portions of Webs through the brake lining and through the 10 and 12 which extend at the end of the flanges. i shoe as projecting arms. At their ends these 3. A channel-shaped brake shoe of arms are provided with alined bushings 22, pressed metal having portions bent over to adapted to be mounted on a pivot. Flanges form one or more radial parts across the are end of the channel, and a cam plate secured to said parts.

4-. A channel-shaped brake shoe of pressed metal having its sides bent inwardly to form radial parts across the end of the channel, and a cam plate secured to said parts.

5. A pressed metal shoe having a pressed metal bracket-shaped carrier secured to its end, and a cam plate secured to the carrier.

6. A pressed metal shoe having a pressed metal bracket-shaped carrier secured to its end and terminating in a radial surface, and a fiat cam plate secured to the radial surface of the carrier.

7. A brake shoe comprising two angular sections arranged to face toward each other esnaee and having superposed portions which are secured together.

8. A brake shoe comprising two separate parts having superposed portions, brake lining overlying said portions, and fastenings passing through the lining and the superposed portions of said parts.

9. A brake shoe comprising two sections secured together and so formed as to provide at the end of the shoe spaced arms respectively integral with said sections, and having superposed reinforcing parts connecting said arms and also respectively in tegral with said sections.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name.

ADIEL Y. DODGE. 

